portion
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript.
an amount of food served for one person; serving; helping: He took a large portion of spinach.
the part of a whole allotted to or belonging to a person or group; share.
the part of an estate that goes to an heir or a next of kin.
Literary. something that is allotted to a person by God or fate.
(especially formerly) the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband at marriage; dowry.
to divide into or distribute in portions or shares (often followed by out).
to furnish with a portion, as with an inheritance or a dowry: All of his children have been amply portioned.
to provide with a lot or fate: She was portioned with sorrow throughout her life.
Origin of portion
1synonym study For portion
Other words for portion
Opposites for portion
Other words from portion
- por·tion·a·ble, adjective
- por·tion·less, adjective
- re·por·tion, verb (used with object)
- un·por·tion·a·ble, adjective
- un·por·tioned, adjective
Words that may be confused with portion
- portion , potion
Words Nearby portion
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How to use portion in a sentence
It’s unclear how many students are actually doing the portions of PE that aren’t live-streamed.
Kids are shooting hoops with rolled up socks, but pandemic physical education is not canceled | Kelly Field | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostThe services include selling ad inventory in the form of pre-roll, mid-roll or post-roll ads around content while taking a portion of the earnings in a revenue share model.
How TheSoul Publishing grew revenue via platforms with viral social media life hacks | Kayleigh Barber | February 12, 2021 | DigidayShe also noted a decline in the portion of residents answering contact tracers’ phone calls, which has dropped below 70 percent for the first time since September.
South Africa and U.K. coronavirus variants detected in D.C.; Maryland to open third mass vaccination site | Erin Cox, Julie Zauzmer, Rachel Chason | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostFor example, RapidSOS stepped in to provide data when the Nashville bombing took out a portion of 911 infrastructure on Christmas Day, affecting 300 agencies.
RapidSOS raises $85M for a big data platform aimed at emergency responders | Ingrid Lunden | February 9, 2021 | TechCrunchYou can even ski on Park Loop Road, portions of which are unplowed.
The Ultimate Acadia National Park Travel Guide | Virginia M. Wright | February 8, 2021 | Outside Online
Counting encores, NBC estimated that over 44 million people had watched some portion of the production by the end of the month.
The Cast of ‘Peter Pan Live!’ Knows You Hatewatched ‘The Sound of Music’ | Kevin Fallon | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the financing portion, the numbers are particularly bleak.
And its military destroyed a large portion of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile.
Politics End In Halifax As Democratic and GOP Senators Seek Common Ground on National Security | Tim Mak | November 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 2000, the Israeli government simply closed the portion of downtown Hebron under its control.
But they can win back a portion of it, and in many states and congressional districts, a portion will be enough to change things.
On the upper part of the stem the whorls are very close together, but they are more widely separated at the lower portion.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard BastinIn the old world, poverty seemed, and poverty was, the natural and inevitable lot of the greater portion of mankind.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockThere are many more good dwellings on this plain than in the rural portion of Lower Italy.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyTurn not away thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousFirst of all, wrap a portion of damp newspaper round the roots, and then tie up with dry paper.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard Bastin
British Dictionary definitions for portion
/ (ˈpɔːʃən) /
a part of a whole; fraction
a part allotted or belonging to a person or group
an amount of food served to one person; helping
law
a share of property, esp one coming to a child from the estate of his parents
the property given by a woman to her husband at marriage; dowry
a person's lot or destiny
to divide up; share out
to give a share to (a person); assign or allocate
law to give a dowry or portion to (a person); endow
Origin of portion
1Derived forms of portion
- portionless, adjective
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